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No. 243,319. Patented lune 21,1881.

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' UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE;

JAMES B. SMITH, on NEW YORK, N. Y., AssrcNon-rro .mm LAMBERT & 00., v

on SAME PLACE.

TELESCOPIC HOLDER FOR P ENS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 243,319, dated June 21,1881.

Application filed March 1'7, 1881. (No model.)

To all whom tt may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES BETTS SMITH, of the city and county of New York, in the State of New York, have invented a certain 5 new and useful Improvement in Telescopic Holders for Pens, &c., of which the following is a specification.

The principal object of the invention is to provide aconveuient, neat, and effective means of working the pen-slide in telescopic penholders without the use of a slide on the exterior of the outer barrel in suchteleseopic holders, and which may be used in connection with the magic movement for the penoil telescopic holders in which pen and pencil are combined.

The invention consists in the combination, in a telescopic-holder, with outer and inner barrels, an inner sliding rod or stem projectin g through the top or head of the case, and a slide fitted upon the inner barrel to carry the pen or other device to be used in the holder, of sheaves or pulleys arranged between the two barrels, one near each end thereof, anda chain 2 5 or other flexible connection passed around both sheaves or pulleys, and attached at both ends to said slide and connected with the sliding rod or stem. When the inner sliding rod or stem is drawn out it acts through one o portion of the chain or connection to move the slide outward, and thus cause the pen or other article carried by the slide to protrude from the case, and when said rod or stem is pushed inward it acts through the other por- 5 tion of the chain or connection to draw the slide in and sheathe the pen or other article carried by it within the case.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents a side view of a holder embodying 40 my invention extended for use, a portion of the outer barrel being broken away. Fig. 2 represents a similar view of the holder when contracted. Fig. 3 represents a longitudinal section of the holder when extended for use.

' 5 Fig. 4 represents a transverse section of the sponding parts in all the figures.

A B designate respectively the inner and outer barrels of the holder, which may be connected in any suitable manner at one end, and which are finished in any way desirable.

G designates the inner sliding rod or stem, fitting in the inner barrel and adapted to slide freely therein, and protruding through the head or top of the case to enable it to be grasped; and D designates a pen-slide fitting upon the inner barrel, A, and adapted to slide freely between the inner and outer barrels.

Upon the side of the inner barrel, A, near the ends thereof, are pivoted two small sheaves or pulleys, a, (represented as in line lengthwise of the holder,) and extending between these pulleys is a slot, 1), in the inner barrel, the purpose of whichI will explain hereinafter.

E designates a flexible connection, which may consist of a metallic chain, or of other material, but which is preferably formed like a common fusee chain. This chain or connection is passed round or over the sheaves or pulleys a, in opposite direction, and one end portion, a, is carried longitudinally upon one side'of the slot 1) and connected to the slide 7 D, while the other end portion, a is carried upon the other side of said slot, and also connected to the slide D.

Theinner sliding rod or stem, 0, is connected with the chain or connection E by a pin, 0, which works through the slot b, as best shown in Fig. 3, and hence it will be seen that whenever the rod or stem is moved longitudinally the chain or connection is moved a corresponding distance. Thus it will be seen that when the rod G is moved or pulled outward the pull is exerted through the portion a of the chain and the slide D is drawn outward, while,when the rod is pushed in, a pull is exerted upon the portion a of the chain and the slide is drawn or sheathed within the case. In adapting this movement for the pen-slide in combined pen and pencil cases in which the pencil is worked by what is known as the magic movement the chain would be connected 5 through the slot 1) of the inner barrel with the outer portion of the pencil-holder, instead of directly with the rod 0.

I am aware that it is not new to connect the sliding tubes of pen and pencil cases by means no of endless chains, and therefore I do not claim this, broadly, as of my invention.

WhatI claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a telescopic holder, the combination, with inner and outer barrels, a slide working between them to carry the pen or other article, and a sliding rod or stem working within the inner barrel, of sheaves or pulleys pivoted between the inner and outer barrels, one near each end thereof, and a chain or other flexible connection passed around both said sheaves or pulleys, and attached at both ends to said slide, and connected with the rod or stem, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

JAMES BETTS SMITH.

Witnesses:

FREDK. HAYNES, A. O. WEBB. 

